Burying myths, uncovering truth
In the aftermath of fighting or repression, people are often told to forget things. But in free societies, selective memory cannot be imposed for ever.
THE 15 boxes of bones were wrapped in the red, yellow and purple flag of the Second Republic. Each held the remains of a m...
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Eritreans and Ethiopians Working for Peace in the Horn of Africa
By Amanuel Biedemariam:
At this stage there is a clear consensus amongst the people of the Horn of Africa that peace must prevail in the region. Peace must prevail to revive the cultures, way of life and traditional values of the region. There is a consensus that if the eff...
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Like Mother, Like Daughter: Emmeline Pankhurst daughter Sylvia Pankhrst
Sylvia in 1915, photographed by Malcolm Arbuthnot. Image reproduced by courtesy of the International Institute for Social History, Amsterdam
Born in Manchester in 1882, Sylvia was the second daughter of Emmeline Pankhurst, founder of the Women's Social & Pol...
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A Fierce Eye
Retiree’s photos reveal struggles for equity, justice in Israel.
by Leslie Berliant, Contributing Writer:
The first thing you notice about photographer Irene Fertik is her long, gray hair, which flows well below her waist. Although she usually wears her hair up, Fe...
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Howard Zinn, Historian, Is Dead at 87
By MICHAEL POWELL
Published: January 28, 2010
Howard Zinn, historian and shipyard worker, civil rights activist and World War II bombardier, and author of “A People’s History of the United States,” a best seller that inspired a generation of high school and college s...
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The Mitmita Girls’ Naughty List: Madame Financier-Eleni Gabre-Madhin
Name: Eleni Gabre-Madhin
Title: CEO of Ethiopia Commodity Exchange (ECX), Affectionately known to the Mitmitas as “Madame Financier”
Honors: Introducing ethnicity into the discussion of the ECX; Giving each of us a hearty laugh at the notion that a country still strugg...
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Ethiopian Banker Leads Development Agency for Obama Administration
Ethiopian Banker Leads Development Agency for Obama Administration
As chief of the Millennium Challenge Corporation, Daniel Yohannes, is the highest ranking Ethiopian American in Obama's government.
Yeheyes Wuhib | Washington DC 20 January 2010
We work with countries tha...
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The Meaning of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday
By Coretta Scott King
The Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday celebrates the life and legacy of a man who brought hope and healing to America. We commemorate as well the timeless values he taught us through his example -- the values of courage, truth, justice, compassion, digni...
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Frantz Fanon
Frantz Fanon (July 20, 1925 – December 6, 1961) was a psychiatrist, philosopher, revolutionary, and author from Martinique. He was influential in the field of post-colonial studies and was perhaps the pre-eminent thinker of the 20th century on the issue of decolonization a...
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Jailed but not forgotten: Birtukan Mideksa, Ethiopia’s most famous prisoner
Life sentence for Unity for Democracy and Justice leader casts shadow over May elections
At noon every Sunday an old Toyota sedan donated by supporters of Ethiopia's most famous prisoner pulls up near a jail on the outskirts of the capital. A 74-year-old woman in a wh...
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Aboy Tigray talking to Abay Tigray?
“Aboy Sebhat” the loving father or “God father”?
Why is the honor given as “Aboy”?
When he prevented lives from joy?
Millions souls played by him like toy?
Is that because he became symbol of human misery!
Who ever gave him the name “Sebhat...
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Is Teddy Afro Just Another Entertainer?
By EthioSun:
One can’t look back on Teddy Afro’s carrier without remembering his famous songs such as YASTESERYAL, O-O-TAYE, and DAHLAK. His songs have mesmerizing, vivid and unifying power to the people who struggle against injustice and tyranny. As result of his p...
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Bucknell professor gets death sentence from Ethopia
By Kristin E. Holmes:
Inquirer Staff Writer
A Bucknell University professor was sentenced yesterday to death in absentia by an Ethiopian court that convicted him of plotting to assassinate government officials.
Berhanu Nega, of Lewisburg, an associate professor of...
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An Ethiopian Sentenced to Death Says He’s Not Surprised by Sentence
Source VOA :
Dr. Berhanu Nega is an associate professor of economics at Bucknell University in Pennsylvania
One of the men sentenced to death Tuesday by an Ethiopian sham court said the sentence is an attempt by gangster Meles Zenawi’s sham government to continue to ...
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Doctor’s mission to save Ethiopian kids’ hearts
By Charlene Gubash, NBC News Producer
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia – Doctors, nurses, family members and an NBC cameraman fanned out across the hospital in an all-out search for Aden. But the 6-year-old managed to evade us as she flitted from patient to nursing stati...
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